What tractor will do eveything I need well?

[CinderSchnauzer]

On my property there are some steep grades, 40 to 50% in places that I think I壇 like to be able to go up while using the box blade on turf tires.

Thanks for any input
John

You're thinking of going "UP" a 40% - 50% grade - with Turf Tires - pulling a Box Blade?

I think you need to rethink that one!

 

[jenkinsph]

You're thinking of going "UP" a 40% - 50% grade - with Turf Tires - pulling a Box Blade?

I think you need to rethink that one!

Seems a little optimistic doesn't it?

 

[ducks13]

Okay, I did some rethinking, thanks for the input.

I decided that all I really need the tractor to do with the trailer is turn it around on a tight radius and then if needed I can hook it back up to the tow vehicle. I do still have a question; I thought I've heard of even garden tractors being used to back boat down trailer ramps at marinas. Is this another case of my not knowing what I am talking about or does the going backwards make a difference or are boat ramps not that steep?

Secondily, I decided that I won't try to run the box blade up hill with turf tires :laughing: wishful thinking is all I can say. So, it seems like I need a 4WD tractor with diff lock and ag tires and I figured a 955 is all the tractor someone with like myself should really need.

Then today I found a 955 for sale for locally with a little under 2000 hours, a 70A loader but it doesn't have a pto shaft as shown in this picture.

Anyone have a good idea why it would be missing the shaft? I don't know that I really need the pto, but it would seem to make a big difference in what it is worth. They are asking $6k for it. Do you think it is worth that?

Can anyone tell me if it has a rear scv?

The tires look decent to me in the picture, am I correct?

Anything in particular I should be looking at or checking for?

Thanks for all the help, I really appreciate it.

 

[jenkinsph]

John,
I think I would pass on a tractor without the pto unless I got it dirt cheap.


Second is it really necessary to drag a trailer up and down the hill? I work lots of landscape jobs where the fell accomplishes the task of moving materials, debris and limbs.

 

[Gittyup]

If it doesn't have a rear PTO, then it has broken somewhere along the way and it's hard to tell what else might have happened in the tranny too. That price for a 955 is really really cheap. You'd probably be getting what you pay for. Will also be hard to sell without a PTO.

Right size tractor, but I don't that one is right. Look at 955's on tractorhouse.